Chapter 18: Dropped Equipment Just Like in an Online Game
Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Dropped Equipment Just Like in an Online Game
As Fang Xiu fled, the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit was in hot pursuit.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
Although its body was massive, its two hind legs were incredibly powerful.
It covered a great distance with each leap.
’If I don’t get away soon,’ Fang Xiu thought, ’that thing is going to catch me.’
He planned his escape route in his mind, but his hands didn’t stop moving.
He continuously threw rocks at the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit behind him.
He didn’t care if they hit.
His only goal was to slow the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit down.
Just then, Fang Xiu threw another stone.
It flew straight toward the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit.
But this time, the beast couldn’t dodge.
It could only extend a forepaw and snatch the stone Fang Xiu had thrown.
With a hard squeeze...
CRACK!
The stone was instantly crushed by the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit.
"Damn, it’s that strong?"
Fang Xiu never expected the Power Xia Yunmeng had warned him about would be this immense.
It had crushed such a large stone in an instant.
’If that were my head, how could I possibly survive?’
"Here, have another!"
Fang Xiu threw another stone behind him.
However, as the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit closed the distance between them, Fang Xiu felt that throwing one stone at a time was no longer enough to hinder its advance.
He had to keep throwing them continuously.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
The stones cut through the air, flying rapidly toward the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit.
BAM!
Just then, a loud bang echoed out.
Fang Xiu even felt the ground tremble.
"Did you really have to hit that hard?"
The tremor nearly made Fang Xiu lose his footing.
He turned to look, and the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit...
"Huh? Why are you on the ground?"
Fang Xiu saw the Demon Beast that had been chasing him was now lying prone on the ground.
It looked as if it was about to charge.
But... blood was streaming down its forehead.
"Did... I accidentally hit its head?"
Fang Xiu never imagined that one of the stones he’d thrown so carelessly would actually land a hit.
And what shocked Fang Xiu even more was... ’Isn’t this Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit’s Defense Power a bit too low?’
’Could a single stone have actually killed this Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit?’
’It can’t just be knocked out, right?’
Fang Xiu watched the unmoving Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit.
Given the intelligence of a Tier Two Demon Beast, it probably wasn’t playing dead to lure its prey back, only to ambush and kill it.
’A Tier Two Demon Beast isn’t that smart. It’s probably just knocked out. I should go finish it off.’
Fang Xiu didn’t hesitate. Hesitation at a time like this meant defeat.
He picked up a sharp-edged stone from the ground and walked toward the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit.
He didn’t rush over rashly. He remained vigilant, ready to bolt at any moment.
But as Fang Xiu drew closer to the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit, he saw everything clearly.
"This... looks beyond saving!"
A section of the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit’s head was caved in from the stone’s impact.
The very stone Fang Xiu had thrown was still embedded in its head.
"No way, this weak point is just too fragile!"
Fang Xiu dropped the stone in his hand.
There was no longer any need for it.
The Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit was now as dead as could be.
"Even though the stone did hit the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit’s weak point, isn’t this weak point a little *too* weak?"
Fang Xiu could now see the location of the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit’s Demon Core.
A Demon Core was different from a Demon Crystal.
Demon Crystals were Crystal Stones formed by processing and purifying the Energy contained within a Demon Beast’s corpse after its death.
The Demon Core, on the other hand, was the most central part of a Demon Beast’s body.
Similarly, the value of a Demon Core was also extremely high.
Fang Xiu reached out, dug his fingers in, and pried the Demon Core out.
It was warm and smooth to the touch. Fang Xiu could feel the dense Spiritual Power contained within the Demon Core.
Absorbing it directly would be much faster than absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Without any hesitation, he put the Demon Core away.
At the same time, the body of the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit, from which Fang Xiu had just removed the Demon Core, began to glow.
Fang Xiu knew that materials were about to appear.
They didn’t need to harvest materials from these Demon Beasts.
As long as a Demon Beast was killed, the most important materials within its body would condense and manifest.
And sometimes, if you were lucky, you wouldn’t just get condensed materials, but also naturally formed Equipment.
Or other things.
It was a bit like killing mobs in an online game and having them drop items or Equipment.
Although this was the real world, it was still just as incredible.
To this day, no explanation could truly account for why these Demon Beasts would "drop" Equipment.
The only theory with any significant number of believers was that this Equipment had actually been put on the Demon Beasts, or they had put it on themselves, before entering the Gate World.
Using some special method, the Equipment was made invisible.
Only upon the Demon Beast’s death would the Equipment be revealed and manifest.
After all, the other worlds connected to the Gate World weren’t necessarily devoid of intelligent life.
Perhaps their technology was even more advanced.
Of course, many people also opposed this explanation.
They argued that when humans entered a Gate Passage to a Gate World inhabited by Demon Beasts, the Demon Beasts they killed could also drop "Equipment."
They had never encountered any intelligent life in such Gate Worlds.
Another point was, why didn’t the "Equipment" have a concealment function when worn by humans?
In short, everyone had their own theory.
Of course, none of this was important. No Awakened cared where the "Equipment" came from.
They only cared about getting more of it to drop.
Just like Fang Xiu’s current mood.
Staring at the glow, he was full of anticipation.
If, after the Demon Beast disappeared, not only materials but also Equipment appeared, it would be a pleasant surprise for him.
Only those Demon Beast research experts who weren’t Awakened would endlessly debate such matters.
’What will it be?’
Fang Xiu watched the light on the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit’s body with great curiosity.
The condensation was taking a bit long.
But as long as the light didn’t fade, he would never see what it was condensing into.
The seconds ticked by.
Fang Xiu knew that this condensation process took about a minute. It was a short time, but because he was so excited and nervous, this short minute felt incredibly long.
’Is it done?’
Just then, the minute was up. The light vanished, and Fang Xiu quickly looked toward the Cyan Flame Wolf Rabbit!